When You Wish Upon a Star | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 29, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2015 | |||
Studio | Flora Recording & Playback, Portland, OR | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 64:25 | |||
Label | OKeh | |||
Producer | Lee Townsend | |||
Bill Frisell chronology | ||||
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When You Wish Upon a Star is an album of motion picture themes by Bill Frisell which was released on the OKeh label in 2016.[1][2]
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Source | Rating |
PopMatters | [3] |
All About Jazz | [4] |
The Independent | [5] |
Tom Hull | B[6] |
In his review for PopMatters, John Paul wrote, "Frisell explores the world of television and film themes on his latest, When You Wish Upon a Star. With each, Frisell takes the most recognizable elements of each, building around this central theme and then subjecting each to a funhouse mirror approach that extends and distorts melodies and motifs to create an often gloriously mutated, albeit gentle, impression of the familiar".[3] On All About Jazz, John Kelman said "With When You Wish Upon a Star, Frisell can add a collection of film and television music to his body of work; an album that, in its own inherent diversity and performed by a stellar group that features, for the first time, a vocalist in his lineup, ranks not only as one of the guitarist's best albums in recent years, but one of his best recordings ever".[4] Andy Gill of The Independent wrote, "Frisell is meticulous throughout, never playing more than necessary, and slanting the arrangements to bring out the themes' essential characters."[5]